Postural control deficits in people with fibromyalgia: A pilot study

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Jones, Kim D ^a   King, Laurie A ^a   Mist, Scott D ^a   Bennett, Robert M ^a   Horak, Fay B ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STABILOGRAPHY; STRENGTH; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VISION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 79960891969     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3432     Document Type: Article

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